St. Louis and empire : 250 years of imperial quest and urban crisis /

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At first glance, St. Louis, Missouri, or any American city, for that matter, seems to have little to do with foreign relations, a field ostensibly conducted on a nation-state level. However, St. Louis, despite its status as an inland river city frequently relegated to the backwaters of national sign...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berger, Henry W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015.
Temas:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Saint Louis (Mo.) > History.
Missouri > Saint Louis
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: St. Louis and foreign relations history
  • Gateway to empires, 1764-1860
  • A city in crisis and a city transformed, 1857-1883
  • El comercio del valle, 1875-1893
  • New empires, 1893-1912
  • Oil, railroads, and revolution, 1869-1917
  • The Great War and a new world, 1914-1921
  • Chasing the China market, 1915-1929
  • Depression, war, and global frontiers, 1929-1945
  • Cold War St. Louis, 1945-1990
  • Reinventing St. Louis in the new age of globalism, 1946-2012
  • Epilogue: St. Louis in the world.

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